Chapter 584 Early April (9,000 words update!)
March had just ended and April had arrived when the Jose Film Festival announced the films shortlisted for its main competition this year.
The Chinese-language films "Love Letter" and "Even Faking Death Is Not Allowed" were both nominated.
In addition, three other films were nominated in other categories.
This has led to a sudden increase in the number of Chinese-language films at this year's Jose Film Festival.
Lu Yanhe already knew that "Love Letter" would be nominated. In a sense, he was enjoying the treatment of a "protégé," having received a promise early on that it could be nominated for the main competition—of course, the Jose Film Festival made this promise to prevent "Love Letter" from being snatched away by other film festivals.
The same situation applies to "Even Faking Death Is Not an Option".
Director Liu Bige's second film after "Late Spring" - although it is a romantic comedy, this genre has always been a regular at film festivals.
It's not surprising that a director who won the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for his first film would receive the same treatment for his second.
This also means that two Chinese-language films will be competing in the main competition section of this year's Jose Film Festival.
According to media reports, Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai will be fiercely competing for the Best Actor award at this year's Jose Film Festival.
Lu Yanhe was both amused and exasperated.
He knew that his performance in "Love Letter" basically put him out of the running for Best Actor.
That was purely a symbolic role.
He has watched the film countless times and is very satisfied with his performance. He finds it hard to believe that after acting in so many films, he can still appear in a movie in such a youthful, clean, and somewhat naive state.
The purer and cleaner the state, the harder it is to portray. But that's not the difficulty in acting. Lu Yanhe felt that if there were a vote for the audience's favorite character, his portrayal of Huai Jing Shu might win the award, but as for competing for the best actor award, it was almost impossible, no chance.
In reality, "Love Letter" isn't a film that triumphs through its acting. Even Chen Bige's performance in dual roles isn't the kind of acting that would win an acting award. It's a very special film; it can't be compared in terms of artistry or depth, but it became a classic in the hearts of audiences because it captured the emotions of unrequited love and life's regrets to the extreme.
The two films appear to be rivals at this year's film festival, but neither is actually a favorite for awards. Lu Yanhe believes that "Love Letter" might be a contender for the Audience Choice Award or Best Screenplay—unfortunately, the Jose Film Festival doesn't award prizes in technical categories other than Best Cinematography; otherwise, it could also have a shot at Best Original Score.
As for "Even Faking Death Won't Work," Lu Yanhe hadn't seen the film yet and didn't know its style. He also didn't know whether Liu Bige had made it more commercial or more personal. He'd have to see the film to know if it had any chance of winning an award.
"The pressure is quite high. Both of our films have been nominated for the main competition. People have high hopes for us. If we don't win any awards, they will probably be very disappointed."
When Lu Yanhe met Liu Bige, he said with a smile.
Liu Bige said, "I think 'Love Letter' still has a chance to win an award, right? I really like this film."
“I don’t know, who knows?” Lu Yanhe shook his head. “Although it’s filmed in a very artistic way, I know myself that the topics it’s about aren’t the kind of themes that film festivals prefer.”
The values expressed in "Love Letter" are too superficial and not profound enough.
Liu Bige: "The Jose Film Festival is based on audience voting, and judging from the results each year, 'Love Letter' still has a chance to win an award."
“It’s not necessarily true. I don’t think audiences in Europe and America will be able to accept the style of this film,” Lu Yanhe said. “However, whether they accept it or not, this is the film as it is, and I am very satisfied with it, so that’s enough.”
"When do you plan to release your movie?" Liu Bige asked.
"It will probably be around July, or around Valentine's Day in August," Lu Yanhe said. "Because the box office of this movie is expected to be between 100 million and 300 million, which is not a large box office, we have a relatively wide range of choices for the release date."
"Your box office forecast for 'Love Letter' is so low?"
Liu Bige was very surprised.
After all, the cast of this movie is quite impressive. Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige are the leading actors, and Wan Xin, Li Songfan and other powerful actors also join the cast. The cast list is truly stunning.
Lu Yanhe: "This film is not very commercial in style; it's rather understated. Given the current market situation, a box office of 100 to 300 million would be a positive estimate. The subject matter and style determine the film's box office ceiling. However, I believe that as time goes on, this film will generate a steady stream of copyright revenue through video websites and other licensing agreements."
Especially five or ten years later, as this film becomes a symbol of unrequited love and regret in everyone's hearts, its re-release in theaters may result in even higher box office returns.
These are all achievements of the original film.
"Moreover, if this movie can gross 100 million yuan, it will be able to start making a profit." When Lu Yanhe was filming "Love Letter", he was very careful to control costs because he was worried that he would botch the movie.
Many people believed that with the appeal of Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige, this movie would definitely achieve high box office returns. However, Lu Yanhe himself remained very calm and clear-headed, always controlling the production of the movie with the worst possible outcome in mind, so as not to put too much pressure on himself later.
This is precisely why Lu Yanhe was able to edit the film in the later stages exactly as "Love Letter" was originally written, without making any commercial adjustments, thus restoring the original film to the greatest extent possible.
Of course, Lu Yanhe's films are indeed different from other Chinese-language films.
He has multiple revenue streams for his films, not solely relying on domestic box office revenue. His films can earn eight figures in US dollars just from overseas rights alone—not even counting subsequent income.
The fact that his films can generate such high revenue from overseas copyrights is not only due to his own fame and appeal—in fact, there are only a handful of movie stars in the world with this level of appeal.
The main reason this figure was achieved is the sales channels that Lu Yanhe's Linghe Film Production Company has established around the world over the years, as well as the friendly cooperative relationships it has maintained. In addition, the fact that "Love Letter" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Jose Film Festival enabled it to achieve such basic revenue.
To put it simply, "Love Letter" is a highly anticipated product even before its release, with a large audience already waiting to buy it. Linghe also has a sales channel that basically covers the entire globe. Although it doesn't have its own distribution network like Hollywood film companies, they can at least connect with many distribution companies to sell "Love Letter".
Why do Chinese-language films mostly rely on domestic box office revenue? The main reason is that they don't have much contact with overseas distributors. Even with good films, it's often difficult to promote them widely, resulting in only a few releases—and even then, the conditions and performance are mediocre. Even if they do sell, the prices aren't high.
In fact, do only films and television dramas that are well-made domestically sell?
That's not actually the case.
For example, Tangren Media, which many people think has fallen far behind, has produced a lot of films and TV series in recent years that have mostly flopped. But they may not have actually lost money. In the early years, they relied on the advantages they had built up so that even the worst domestic flops could be sold to many overseas TV stations and websites for broadcast.
Take Jia Zhangke, for example. If his films were to rely solely on domestic box office revenue to break even, he would have lost everything long ago. In reality, thanks to the reputation he's built up at international film festivals and the connections he's cultivated with distributors in various countries over the years, his films don't even need to be released domestically. The overseas sales alone are enough to make him incredibly wealthy, and he doesn't need that extra income at all.
The same situation applies to Lu Yanhe's films now.
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Maxine, HP, and Parameter, three streaming services, all bid for Love Letter.
Generally speaking, the prices of other copyrights for a film are often determined based on its box office performance in theaters, and the differences can be significant.
However, with the rise of streaming media, more and more movies are skipping theatrical releases and being shown globally on streaming platforms, leading to a new phase in streaming copyright pricing.
Lu Yanhe's film "Love Letter" will definitely be released in theaters in Asia. As for Europe and America, whether it will be released in theaters is not a requirement. Unless "Love Letter" wins an award at the Jose Film Festival or generates a lot of discussion, in which case, relying on the momentum of the Jose Film Festival, it might be able to earn a few million dollars at the box office in Europe and America. Otherwise, given the subject matter and style of this film, it will be difficult to achieve good box office results.
Maxine aims to acquire the global distribution rights, excluding mainland China, for a global release on its platform, bypassing theatrical releases. To this end, they've offered a very attractive buyout fee: $30 million for five years of exclusive rights outside of mainland China.
This number is actually quite high. Of course, if "Love Letter" becomes a critical and commercial success at the Jose Film Festival, that's another story. Maxine is offering this price now because it's still uncertain how this highly anticipated film will fare at the Jose Film Festival; she wants to get in early and secure it for herself.
Lu Yanhe held a meeting with his company and rejected Maxine's current offer.
They all agreed that they could wait until the film's world premiere at the Jose Film Festival to see the media reviews before deciding whether to release the film directly on a streaming platform worldwide or to sell distribution rights separately.
What makes the film *Love Letter* special is that everyone believes it will achieve good box office results in major Asian markets like Japan and South Korea, as the theme of youthful romance is always popular in these two countries. Lu Yanhe himself is well aware that *Love Letter* will definitely do well at the Japanese box office, given that the original Japanese film was a huge success.
Furthermore, although "Love Letter" is not a mainstream commercial film, if it performs well at the Jose Film Festival, given the festival's influence, it wouldn't be difficult for it to gross tens of millions of dollars in Europe and America. In recent years, films that are hits at the four major international film festivals, even art films, have generally grossed tens of millions of dollars worldwide, with some even exceeding $100 million.
Thanks to its critical acclaim and awards at the Jose Film Festival, "Rouge" also grossed tens of millions of dollars overseas, especially in South Korea, where it earned over five million dollars in that market alone. Otherwise, TVN wouldn't have been so quick to want to remake the film into a Korean drama.
Maxine was also surprised that Lu Yanhe and his group had both offered a high price of thirty million US dollars, which they had all refused.
Upon hearing this, Tom White immediately realized that Lu Yanhe and his team weren't dissatisfied with the price; thirty million US dollars was already a very high price for a non-commercial film. Was it a collaborative model? Tom White always understood Lu Yanhe's thinking better than Zhong Benshuo. He quickly realized that Lu Yanhe himself probably still hoped that *Love Letter* could be released in theaters.
Generally, filmmakers with a modicum of ambition still hope for a theatrical release. This is because, to date, no film exclusively streamed on streaming platforms has achieved the same level of influence or cultural impact as a theatrical release. Even though many filmmakers could earn twice their usual salary from a streaming film, they still choose films from traditional film studios, precisely for this reason.
Whether it's media reviews, audience impressions, or mainstream awards, a film that grosses over $100 million at the box office is definitely a greater boost to a creator than a hit film that tops the charts on streaming platforms for a week.
People still value the box office performance of selling tickets one by one and generating real revenue.
It's not surprising that Lu Yanhe had such thoughts.
After some consideration, Tom White decided to forgo exclusive rights, opting instead for streaming rights worldwide, excluding mainland China. Naturally, this meant their offer would be significantly lower. However, Tom White believed Lu Yanhe and his team would agree to this condition. Sure enough, Lu Yanhe didn't immediately reject Tom White's proposal, only saying they would discuss the specific details after the film's screening at the Jose Film Festival.
This means there's something to talk about.
The streaming media landscape is largely established, and major players have moved beyond simply spending heavily to seize market share. Asia represents a new growth engine for their user base. Expanding their presence in the Asian market has been a key focus for them in recent years.
HP doesn't do as well as Maxine in this regard. Maxine has acquired several Chinese-language dramas that performed well in the Asian market, such as "The Silent River," "Friends," "The Seventeenth Floor," and "The Squid Game." With Jong Bon-seok acting as a go-between, it has almost gathered the top creative talents in the Korean film and television industry. In recent years, Maxine has consistently held the number one market share in Asia.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on Tom White. HP entered the Asian market later than Maxine. By the time Tom White took charge of the Asian market, Chung Ben-shuo had already been operating there for several years.
In fact, the fact that HP has been able to maintain its current market share despite Maxine's offensive already proves Tom White's capabilities.
The dramas "The Seventeenth Floor", "Friends" and "The Squid Game" were not collaborations between Lu Yanhe and Maxine. When Lu Yanhe was working on these dramas, he did not have as much say as he does now; the decisions were made by Jingtai and Aurora.
Because of his relationship with Tom White, Lu Yanhe is now involved in several new projects, and these projects have been discussed more thoroughly with HP. Whether it's Lu Yanhe's upcoming project, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy," or the film "Burning Fire" starring Lu Yanhe, Tom White has already approached them and reached preliminary agreements for collaboration.
Tom White wasn't just interested in Lu Yanhe's projects. After Lu Yanhe's recommendation of "The Gold Rush" to HP achieved good results, Tom White also bought the rights to "Washe," starring Li Zhibai, which also performed well. Following that, Tom White signed a cooperation agreement with Lu Yanhe, making Lu Yanhe HP's recommendation ambassador—recommending suitable films and television series to HP.
When these shows were released on HP, the promotional images would prominently display the words: "Recommended by Lu Yanhe".
On HP, there is also a search tag called "Lu Yanhe Recommendation", which has become a selection tag for HP users to watch shows.
Basically, any film or television series recommended by Lu Yanhe and purchased by HP can achieve a fairly good result with HP.
HP also acquired the overseas streaming rights for "The Summit." This series is mainly due to Yan Liang's presence; he has considerable influence and recognition among overseas streaming media users. Several dramas feature his name, ensuring that even if people don't know who he is, they've certainly heard of his acting roles.
"The Summit" was immediately available on HP after it finished airing in mainland China.
HP clearly values this show highly, and they've done a lot of promotional work for its premiere.
Among them were videos recorded by the creators of "Friends" and "The Gold Rush" recommending the show "The Summit".
Chung Bon-seok was very unhappy to see that the main creators of "Friends" had collectively recorded a promotional video for "The Summit".
However, he couldn't possibly get angry or do anything because of this.
Both dramas have a considerable number of loyal fans overseas, and the release of the two promotional videos immediately attracted a lot of attention to "The Summit".
HP was also ruthless, announcing that three days before its premiere, "The Summit" would not require HP members and would be available to a global audience for free.
It's obvious they're using free streaming to attract registered users.
Of course, the reason they were able to offer the first three days of free streaming for "The Summit" was because its acquisition cost was much lower than other self-produced dramas, making it a perfect opportunity for such a commercial experiment. "The Summit" already had a certain level of buzz, boasting features like Yan Liang as the lead actor, being named one of China's hottest dramas this year, and recommendations from the creators of "Friends" and "The Gold Rush," which was enough to generate significant attention and attract a considerable audience.
The three-day free streaming brought the series "The Summit" to "over 5 million viewers worldwide within 24 hours of its premiere".
This show climbed to fourth place on the HP global weekly best-watch list in just three days.
Three days later, "The Summit" became available only to subscribers.
According to HP's backend data, "The Summit" brought in over 200,000 new subscribers on its first day of becoming a paid service—all of whom were users who had never subscribed to HP before. HP's standard subscription costs $12.99 per month, meaning "The Summit" directly generated over $2.5 million in revenue for HP on that single day. This doesn't even include the many existing subscribers and potential future subscribers.
Furthermore, due to the popularity of "The Summit", another drama starring Yan Liang, "The Gold Rush", also saw a rise in viewership on HP. Many viewers clicked on "The Gold Rush" after watching "The Summit" because of the lead actor Yan Liang.
Compared to the purchase price of "The Summit," HP's return on the series was quite substantial.
Returning to Yan Liang, both "The Summit" and "The Gold Rush" can be described as high-quality dramas that achieved limited popularity within the global film and television landscape. While they didn't become global blockbusters, they still garnered a loyal following.
Zhou Ping'an didn't hold back in describing Yan Liang as an internationally renowned actor in all the press releases about him.
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"Their combined strength is not to be underestimated; even Yan Liang has been elevated to such a high position."
In the circle of agents, the miraculous recovery of the drama "The Peak" and Yan Liang's good fortune in getting several hit dramas in a row have become topics of envy and heated discussion.
“We are all fighting alone, afraid of being taken advantage of by others. Sigh, how can we compete with them in groups?” Liu Zefan’s agent, Li Xia, said helplessly. “They support and promote each other. It’s too ruthless. There’s no way to compare.”
In fact, Liu Zefan, who became popular again with "The Squid Game", is no less popular and well-known overseas than Yan Liang. The role of the young policeman played by Liu Zefan was so popular that it was basically the most popular role besides the male lead.
However, despite this, an actor's limitations became apparent at this moment. Without promotion or connections, Liu Zefan's other leading roles outside of "The Squid Game" were simply not valued by streaming services. While his other projects were still highly sought after by major platforms in China due to his popularity, they paled in comparison to Yan Liang's situation.
Both "The Gold Rush" and "The Summit" were chosen by HP because of Lu Yanhe's recommendation, and then aired on HP thanks to HP's attention and effective promotion. No matter what others say about Yan Liang getting to where he is today entirely because of Lu Yanhe, at least now, with several hit dramas in hand, Yan Liang's fame, popularity, and influence have solidly settled on his head.
It turns out that Lu Yanhe was the only one who had left other male actors of the same age far behind. Now, not only him, but Yan Liang has also gained a foothold in the drama circle after three consecutive hits, and is showing signs of becoming a top young actor in the drama circle. His achievements in the drama circle seem to be comparable to Lu Yanhe's.
In particular, domestic actors currently lack the international recognition and influence they have.
Yan Liang's several successful dramas have allowed him to surpass other male actors of his age in China.
"Zhou Ping'an's eyebrows have been practically flying to the sky lately."
"How can he be so lucky?" Another agent was puzzled and frustrated. "One after another, one leaves, and another rises, endlessly. Did he pray to some deity and get such good fortune?"
Li Xia's face immediately darkened.
Meng Li was her artist before, but Zhou Ping'an poached her.
Although Meng Li was no pushover in her hands, she was still a top-tier actress, bringing in seven-figure incomes annually. Did Zhou Ping'an poach an artist? No, he stole her assets!
Li Xia took a deep breath.
"Actually, Sister Xia, you're really lucky. Zefan got to act in 'The Squid Game,' and even though so many people died in the first season, Zefan's character is still alive. It's obvious that he'll have a more significant role in the second season. It's really enviable."
Li Xia immediately waved her hand, "That's because Zefan himself worked hard and got the role through the audition. Luckily, Li Yuefeng gave up the audition himself, otherwise this role might not have gone to Zefan."
"I heard that Li Yuefeng and Lu Yanhe are on pretty good terms now. Maybe Lu Yanhe will write another role for Li Yuefeng in the second season."
"That's really hard to say. But if that happens, he'll be similar to Zefan, so won't Zefan's role in the second season be reduced?"
Li Xia: "It all depends on Lu Yanhe's arrangements. What opinions can we possibly have? Who would dare to offer any suggestions on the script written by Lu Yanhe?"
"Don't say that. We should still fight for what we should fight for. Zefan's character is so popular. If I were you, I would definitely ask for more screen time for Zefan in the second season. That's a reasonable request."
"What will you do if Lu Yanhe doesn't add it for you?"
"If they don't want to add it, they don't have to. There's nothing we can do about it. But maybe they will? They probably want the sequel to 'The Squid Game' to be even more popular, right?"
Li Xia smiled and didn't take what the man said seriously at all.
She must be crazy to be encouraged like that.
However, given Lu Yanhe's current attitude, as long as Liu Zefan doesn't betray him and they continue to cooperate well, Lu Yanhe will definitely not treat Liu Zefan unfairly.
They should also show more sincerity.
After being reminded, Li Xia immediately contacted Chen Siqi.
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Chen Siqi held her phone screen up to Lu Yanhe and showed it to him.
"What?" Lu Yanhe was watching the latest episode of "Jump Up" when a phone screen suddenly appeared in front of him. He looked down at it.
Chen Siqi said, "Liu Zefan's agent, Li Xia, sent me a message asking if there were any plays that Jump Up Theater needed Liu Zefan to act in. If so, their schedules can be coordinated before August this year, and they can come to film at any time. We can name our fee."
Lu Yanhe was somewhat surprised and said, "Did she send this on her own initiative?"
"Hmm." Chen Siqi nodded. "I didn't expect her to send such a message on her own initiative."
Lu Yanhe said, "Liu Zefan is quite popular now, right? He shouldn't lack acting opportunities?"
Chen Siqi said, "Of course, he's much more popular than you guys now. You may be famous, but you don't necessarily have as many real fans as him. His female fans are ridiculously numerous. You can check his Weibo to see. Every post has over a million reposts and comments."
Lu Yanhe: "Why is Li Xia putting on such a humble act, wanting Liu Zefan to film the jumping scenes?"
Chen Siqi rolled her eyes at him.
"Are you stupid? They're just trying to reciprocate your kindness and express their gratitude to us."
Lu Yanhe snapped out of his daze and exclaimed.
The main reason he didn't think in that direction was that he didn't feel Liu Zefan needed to express his gratitude in return.
Liu Zefan got the role in "Squid Game" through a proper audition, without using any back channels or connections. He was also very dedicated and hardworking during filming.
He chose Liu Zefan because Liu Zefan was the best option. Moreover, Liu Zefan wasn't a newcomer at the time; he was already the male lead who rose to fame in a hit fantasy drama. It was a mutually beneficial collaboration.
Moreover, Liu Zefan is going to film a second season.
Before Lu Yanhe started writing the script for the second season, he had already spoken with Liu Zefan's agent, Li Xia, asking them to reserve their schedules.
At this point, Liu Zefan really didn't need to do anything to express his gratitude. They would be working together again later.
Unfortunately, Li Xia did it at that very moment.
Lu Yanhe: "Then let's see if there's a suitable script for Liu Zefan and send one over to him."
"You accepted it so readily?" Chen Siqi asked. She was somewhat surprised, feeling it wasn't like Lu Yanhe's usual style. Lu Yanhe disliked being thanked profusely and even more so, he disliked taking advantage of others in such situations.
“What do you mean, ‘accepted gladly’?” Lu Yanhe said, “Li Xia may think that letting Liu Zefan perform in Jumping Theater is to express his gratitude to me, but I don’t think so. All the scripts that Jumping Theater has produced so far that have passed the review are of good quality, otherwise they would not have passed our three-party evaluation. His willingness to perform is a win-win situation.”
The Jump Up Theater hasn't officially launched yet, so it remains an unknown to many. Only Lu Yanhe knows what a remarkable thing the Jump Up Theater is doing—
Although the productions in this theater are currently not very expensive and cannot be made into elaborate and high-end productions with exquisite costumes and props, the requirements for the script are very high.
Every script that is submitted for filming needs to be evaluated by Yuehu TV, Aurora Video, and Jump Up. Otherwise, it will either be sent back for revision or a new screenwriter will be found to adapt it.
Jump Up Theatre places a much higher emphasis on scripts than the industry average.
Lu Yanhe neither felt that Jump Up Theater had taken advantage of him by casting Liu Zefan in their film, nor did he feel that Liu Zefan's participation in Jump Up Theater was a stroke of luck. He was perfectly content with this collaborative relationship. Under these circumstances, there was really no need to discuss reciprocation.
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That day, Lu Yanhe met with Luo Yuzhong to finalize the casting for "Chinese Paladin" before the Jose Film Festival in May. After all, if "Chinese Paladin" were to begin filming in the second half of this year, pre-production work needed to start quickly.
They had already decided in the early stages that, due to budget constraints regarding salaries, all three main female roles in "Chinese Paladin"—Ling'er, Yue Ru, and Anu—would be played by newcomers.
Unexpectedly, Luo Yuzhong suggested that he wanted to meet Yan Lingyu, the female lead of "Late Spring".
He felt that Yan Lingyu's temperament was quite suitable for Ling'er.
Lu Yanhe was momentarily stunned and didn't react.
Lu Yanhe initially thought the role of Ling'er would be the most difficult to cast. After all, it was a classic role played by the "Fairy Sister" (a famous Chinese actress), and finding someone with the looks and temperament to rival her was incredibly challenging, even after twenty years in the original timeline. However, Luo Yuzhong already had someone in mind.
However, Yan Lingyu?
When Lu Yanhe was filming "Late Spring," Yan Lingyu's acting skills were the most ordinary among the actors. She was chosen by Liu Bige because her image and temperament naturally resembled Yin Yue in the story, which is why she was chosen to play the role naturally.
He subconsciously didn't want to work with an actor whose acting skills were mediocre again.
The person who proposed this idea was Luo Yuzhong, his teacher and the director he respected from the bottom of his heart. Of course, Lu Yanhe couldn't refuse at this time, so he sent a message to Yan Lingyu, asking when she would be free.
Yan Lingyu is a year younger than him and just graduated this year.
Since "Late Spring," she has acted in two more films, but neither has made much of a splash, and the reviews haven't been very good, including her acting, which has been criticized by many. Perhaps for this reason, Yan Lingyu has only acted in these two films in the past few years.
Yan Lingyu quickly replied to Lu Yanhe, saying that she was in Yuming, but she didn't want to be an actress anymore, which confused Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe quickly called her to ask what was going on and why she suddenly didn't want to be an actress anymore.
Yan Lingyu said, "I may not be very good at acting, and I'm not suited for this profession."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
At this moment, Lu Yanhe suddenly felt a little guilty, feeling guilty for his previous dislike of Yan Lingyu's acting skills.
“You’ve just graduated from acting school. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to improve your acting skills in the future. Why are you giving up so soon?” Lu Yanhe advised. “Director Luo wants to see you because I have a project to work with him on, and there’s a role in it that he thinks you’re a good fit for. He wants to talk to you in person.”
Yan Lingyu said dejectedly, "Yan He, please tell Director Luo thank you for me, but I really don't want to be an actor anymore."
Lu Yanhe was truly taken aback.
This was something he had never expected.
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I recommend the older book, "I Became the Leading Lady of a Scandal Overnight".
(End of this chapter)
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